Thursday, December 11, 2014

British Bigfoot Controversy Grows Британский Bigfoot Споры Растет

British Bigfoot Controversy Grows

A team of full-time "monster hunters" from the Exeter, England-based Centre for Fortean Zoology (named after an early chronicler of all-things-mysterious, Charles Fort) have obtained exciting evidence for the existence of a so-called British Bigfoot. The 4-man team, which is comprised of author and journalist Jonathan Downes, professional zoologist Richard Freeman, Graham Inglis and John Fuller, arrived at Bolam Lake, Northumberland, on Thursday, 16 January to investigate recent reports of a large "ape-man" seen in the area by several, independent witnesses.

In conjunction with the North of England-based Twilight Worlds Paranormal Research Group, Downes and his team have carried out an in-depth investigation of the incidents in question and have uncovered some startling new evidence.

On the evening of Saturday 18 January, Downes and 3 members of the Twilight Worlds Paranormal Research Group joined the ever-growing list of witnesses to the mysterious creature when they briefly saw it, too. Downes, whose monster-hunting quest began as a child in the 1960s, described the "Beast of Bolam Lake" as being around eight feet in height, three feet wide and dark in colour.

"We only saw it for a few seconds then it vanished into the trees," says Downes. "This is the latest in a bizarre series of Big Hairy Man sightings which have confounded zoologists and which have taken place in the UK in the last six months." He adds: "I have been a professional monster hunter for years but the thing I saw has prompted me to completely reevaluate my whole world view."

Thirty-three year old Freeman, who previously worked at Twycross Zoo, states: "This is undoubtedly the most important Fortean-zoological incident in the past half century." The events at Bolam Lake are part of a larger, nationwide spate of similar reports that has included encounters at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire; Sussex; Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood fame; Cumbria; and Longridge Fell, Lancashire - a place renowned for "monster" sightings.

"Hair samples" acquired by the team at the site of the mysterious encounter are to be examined by specialists in Scotland, England, the USA and Denmark.

Last year, the Centre for Fortean Zoology attracted major media coverage when they solved the mystery of "The Monster of the Mere." Numerous people had reported sightings of a strange creature within Martin Mere, Lancashire, England, that Downes and his team were able to identify as a large catfish.